... 23rd May 2008 a letter was sent to the vice-chancellor of the University of Westminster, Professor Geoffrey Petts
Dear ... moment to summarise what we know. Searching this blog for "UniversityofWestminster" yields 39 hits. Of these, 11 show ...

... are any more honest than anyone else in their choice of what to publish. When I asked to see any letters that had been sent to the ... Westminster. More dangerous nonsense from the University of Westminster: when will Professor Geoffrey Petts do something about it? But I ...

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One of my first posts about nonsense taught in universities was about the University of Westminster (April 2008): Westminster University BSc: “amethysts emit high ... several more revelations.
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Professor Petts
The vice-cnancellor of Westminster, Professor Geoffrey Petts, ...

... all the rage, No surprise then, to see the University of Westminster advertising a job for a systems biologist in the The Department of Molecular and Applied Biosciences. Well, no surprise there -until you read ...

... is a short break from the astonishing festival of chiropractic that has followed the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) v ... General Chiropractic Council and with Trading Standards offices.
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The BCA has exposed the baselessness ...

... I commented that the best thing for me was being thrown off the UCL web site by Malcolm Grant, and the subsequent support that I got from Ben Goldacre. I am a big fan of just about everything that Goldacre has done. So are a lot of other people ...

... Chinese medicine (including acupuncture). The University of Westminster still runs Chinese medicine, and Western herbal medicine (with dowsing). So do the University of Middlesex and University of East London.
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This was the title of a meeting organised by the Bristol University Atheist Agnostic and Secular ... not quite sure why I’m here, because the fantasies of religion seem to me much like the fantasies of quack medicine, not only morally offensive, but also simply boring. ...

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This is a story of everyday researchers and teachers, struggling to do their job in a world ... by management bollocks.
This page is a continuation of the diary that started in June 2007, with the demise of UCL’s ...

... 2009 I asked Napier University Edinburgh for details of what was taught on its herbal medicine "BSc" course. At first it was refused, but then (as often seems to happen when threatened with exposure) the course was closed, and ...

... by the BBC Trust to write a report on the impartiality of science journalism on the BBC. It covers both TV and radio, and all ... is not uncommon for bloggers to be critical of science reporting in the mainstream media. Now is our chance to do ... and/or email them to
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Here are some of my own opinions, to get things going. Many programmes I haven’t ...